Property Record
N 995 WHITEFISH ST
Architecture and History Inventory
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| Other Name: | Pointe de Froid |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 15597 |
| Location (Address): | N 995 WHITEFISH ST |
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| County: | Ashland |
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| Township/Village: | La Pointe |
| Unincorporated Community: | |
| Town: | 50 |
| Range: | 3 |
| Direction: | W |
| Section: | 30 |
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| Year Built: | 1922 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 1992 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Craftsman |
| Structural System: | Balloon Frame |
| Wall Material: | Aluminum/Vinyl Siding |
| Architect: | Mrs. Mark Woods |
| Other Buildings On Site: | |
| Demolished?: | No |
| Demolished Date: |
| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | EXPOSED RAFTER ENDS,STEEPLY PITCHED ROOF POLYGONAL FLOORPLAN PRODUCES VERY WIERD ROOF ANGLES Assoc. Individuals: Mr. & Mrs. Mark Woods Historical Background This house was constructed in 1922 for Mark Woods, son of Colonel Frederick Woods, first cottage owner on Nebraska Row.[A] Historical Significance This house contributes to the local significance of the Nebraska Row Historic Distrct in the area of Social History under Criterion A of the National Register of Historic Places. It physically represents the life ways of a class of people able to maintain two distinct residences. In general, women and children took up residence for the entire summer while husbands visited for weekends and a few vacation weeks. This house, and Nebraska Row in general, reflects the phenomenon of vacationing with an extended circle of family and friends from one's primary business and social environment, in this case, Lincoln, Nebraska. Description The two-story main block of this house would be front gable if the whimsical roofline did not sag to the front. Two one story gable additions reach off the sides of the main block, one to the southeast, the other to the north. All sections have wood shingle clad roofs, wide wood clapboard walls and fairly regular fenestration consisting of six-over-one, double hung wood sash windows in openings with narrow wood lintels and sills. The windows are flanked by wood shutters. The main entrance is centered between the two additions and consists of a set of multi-pawne doors under a gable roof hood. Ths large, yet whimsical house at N995 Whitefish Street [44-26] has an element of the Tudor Revival. Its asymmetrical roof-line, which takes an unusual swing on the east elevation, gives it an English cottage air. Architectural Significance This house contributes to the locally significant Nebraska Row Historic District under Criterion C of the National Register of Historic Places as a representative example of the large summer residences constructed on Madeline Island from circa 1900 through the 1920s for a well-to-do extended circle of family and frineds from Nebraska. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Bibliographic References [A] Nancy O'Brien, 26 Agusut, 1993, Nebraska Row tour with Rebecca Sample Bernstein and Tricia L. Canaday, Madeline Island. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |